Adjustable hose-rack.



PATBNTD DEG. 11, 1906.

. NUHRING.

ADJUSTABLE HDSE RACK.

APPIIOATION FILED NOV. 20 1905.

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UNITED sTATEs CHARLES NUHRING, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

. ADJUSTABLE HOSE-RACK.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application led November 20, 1905. Serial No. 288,183.

T0 all whom, t Wray concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs NUTIRING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Hose- Racks, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in hose-racks, and is more especially designed as an improvement in that class of racks commonly known as flat-folding or in which the hose is folded in superimposed sections in contradistinction to racks wherein the hose is suspended in pendent loops.

Fire-hose is manufactured and sold in certain standard sizes or diameters, and consequently while the ordinary rack of commerce will accommodate different lengths of various sizes the length of the hose received by such rack will necessarily vary in accordance with the diameter of the hose. Thus a certain length of hose of one diameter may be received by the ordinary rack, but should hose of different diameters be subsequently placed thereon the length of the latter accommodated by the rack will be longer or shorter in accordance with the diameter of the hose.

It is therefore the object of the present invention to provide a flat-folding rack, the construction of which is such as to enable the capacity of the same to be varied, whereby uniform lengths of hose, notwithstanding the variation in the diameter thereof, may be received by the rack.

The invention further contemplates an improved construction of support for the rack through the medium of which the latter may be readily connected to a valve and held to swivel thereon, thus enabling the rack to be swung at various angles to the valve.

Having these general objects in view and others, which will appear as the nature of the improvements is better understood, the invention consists, substantially, in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a hoserack constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail sectional views of the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of another form of rack. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the form illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional view illustrating another form of connection for the attachment of the rack-support to the valve of the supply or stand pipe.

Referring in detail to the drawings, and more particularly to Figs. I to 5, inclusive, the numeral 1 designates the rack as an entirety. This comprises a pair of skeletonized sections 2, each of said sections being formed of an end plate 3, to the lower end of which is connected a bottom bar 4, while to the upper end of each of said plates 3 is connected a top bar 5. The bars 4 and 5 are bolted to the end plates 3, as clearly shown; but any other connection may obviously be employed, and the bottom and top bars 4 and 5 are likewise connected through the medium of a series of vertically-arranged strips 6. To enable the rack 1 to accommodate various diameters of hose without altering the uniform lengths thereof, the sections 2 are adjustable relative to each other, and to accom plish this each of the sections 2 is provided with a series of inwardly-extending inverted- U-sliaped bars 7. The ends of the bars 7 are provided with fastening-lugs 8, through the medium of which the bars 7 are bolted or otherwise suitably secured to the section 2,

and connected in a like manner to the other4 section 2 is a series of inwardly-extending fiat bars 9, the free ends of which are received by the U-shaped bars 7, thebars9 being arranged directly opposite to the bars 7, so as to rea( ily enter the latter. To secure the bars 9 in adjust ed position within the bars 7, said bars are provided with coincident elongated s'lots l0, and extending through said slots are clampingbolts l l or their equivalent. It will therefore be seen that when the bolts 11 have been loosened the sections 2 may be either spread apart or closed together, and after the desired adjustment has been effected the bolts ll may be tightened, and thus maintain the sections in fixed position in relation to each other. This provides for a snug fit of the hose in the rack, and it is obvious that by the adjustment referred to the rack may accommodate any of the standard sizes of hose usually found upon the market.4 The contigu- IOO IOS

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. also connected to the plates 23, and arranged cus edges of the end plates 3 are caused to overlap, and said plates are provided with slots 12, which receive a clamping-bolt 13, the latter in turn being received by a bracket 14. When the bolt 13is tightened, the plates 3 will be held in adjusted position upon the bracketl-l, and said bracket is swiveled to a coupling 15 through the medium of a hingebolt 16. The coupling 16 comprises two sections, which are bolted together, as at 17, onevv of said sections being provided with ears 18, which receive the hinge-bolt 16. In order to attach the rack to the valve of a supply or .stand pipe a support 18 is employed, said support being in the form of a yoke, and the `upper end of said yoke is provided with a threaded opening 19, designed to engage a threaded nip le 20, which nipple is carried by the valve ofp the supply or stand pipe, as clearly indicated in t e drawings. The sides of the yoke 18 at a suitable point below the upper end of said yoke extend inwardly to form shoulders 21, and the extremities of said sides project downwardly from said shoulders and terminate in outwardly-extending lugs 22. A space is thereby formed between the sides of the yoke, through which space the end of the hose may be passed and coupled to the nipple 20, as clearly shown in dotted lines in the drawings. The sections of th e. coupling 15 embrace the sides of the yoke 18 and rest u on the lugs 22, and thus the coupling 15 is rml y held upon the yoke 18, downward movement being prevented by the lugs 22, while movement in an upward direction is prevented by the shoulders 21.

Referring now to Figs. 6 to 8, the general form of rack disclosed therein is substantially the same as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, but in lieu of the bars 7 and 9, which form the bottom of the rack disclosed in Figs. 1 to 3, plates 23 are employed. The plates 23 have their opposing faces rabbeted, as at 24, whereby said plates may readily slide upon each other, and the plates 23 are also slotted for the reception of clampingbolts 25 or their equivalent. Through the medium of the bolts 25 the plate 23 may be held in adjusted position. The lend plates 26 also overlap, and said plates are slotted, as at 27, in which slots a clampingbolt 28 is arranged, and said clamping-bolt 28 l is designed to maintain the plates 26 in adjusted position. Connected to each of the plates 26 is a frame 29, which frames constitute the sides of the rack, said frames being upon the end plates 26 is a bracket 30, formed of horizontal arms 31, the free ends of which are bent to provide elbows 32, which elbows are perforated for the reception of a hingebolt 33. The bolt 33 passes through the elbows 32 and likewise through a pair of parallel lugs 34:, carried by a wall-plate 35, this latter construction adapting the rack for application to the Wall of a room or hallway.

that the same engage the lugs 34, and conse-' quently sagging of the bracket and the rack carried thereby is prevented. The face of the bracket 31 contiguous to the plates 26 is provided with guide-ribs 36, Which ribs are received by grooves 37, formed in the plates 26, and thus a proper relation is maintained between the bracket 31 and the (plates 26 when adjusting the latter upon said bracket. The'bracket 30 is also provided with guards 38, which limit the movement of the plates 26 upon the bracket when the same are spread apart.

In Fig. 9 is illustrated another form of connection for the attachment ofthe rack-support to the valve of the supply or stand pipe. The rack-support in this form is recisely the same as illustrated in the other 'gures of the drawings; but in lieu of being connected to a threaded nipple inserted in the valve the nozzle of the latter is threaded and the yoke connected to said threaded nozzle.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. A hose-rack, comprising a plurality of sections, each of said sections including an end plate, side members connected to said end plates, connections between said sections adapting the latter to be adjusted relatively to each other, and means for holding the sections in adjusted position.

2. A hose-rack, comprising a plurality of sections, each of said sections including an end plate, side members connected to said end plates, connections between said sections adapting the latter to be adjusted relatively to each other, and a bracket to which said end plates are connected and by which the rack is held in applied position.

3. A hose-rack, comprising a plurality of sections, each of said sections including an end plate, side members connected to said end plates, connections between the lower portions of said side members adapting the sections to be adjusted relatively to each other, and means associated with said'sections for holding the sections in adjusted position.

4. A hose-rack, comprising a plurality of sections, each of said sections including an end plate, side members connected to said end plates, said end plates overlapping and being adjustable upon each other, means for clamping the end plates in adjusted position, connections between the lower portions of said side members adapting the sections to loc lio

be adjusted relatively to each other, and

means associated with said connections for holding the sections in adjusted position.

5. A hose-rack, comprising a plurality of l sections, each of said sections including an end plate, side members connected to said end l plates, said end plates overlapping and being l adjustable upon each other, means for clamp- 1 ing the end plates in adjusted position, conl nections between the lower portions of said i side members adapting the sections to be adjusted relatively to each other, means associated with said connections for holding the sections in adjusted position, and a bracket l to which said end plates are connected and l by which the rack is held in applied position. l

6. In a hose-rack, the combination with the rack proper, or' a coupling swiveled thereto, whereby the rack is movable in relation to said coupling, and a supporting-yoke to which the coupling is applied Jfor attaching the rack to a valve, said yoke comprising a head provided with depending legs to which the coupling is connected, said legs being spaced apart to receive the end of the hose connected to the valve.

7. In a hose-rack, the combination with the rack proper, of a coupling swiveled thereto, whereby the rack is movable in relation to said coupling, and a supporting-yoke to which the coupling is applied for attaching the rack to a valve, said yoke comprising a I head provided with depending legs to which the coupling 1s connected, said legs being spaced apart to receive the end of the hose connected to the valve, said legs having shoulders for limiting upward movement of the coupling thereon, and also provided with outwardly-extending lugs for limiting downl ward movement of said coupling.

S. A support for the application of hoseracks to a valve, comprising a head having an aperture therein lor receiving the nozzle of the valve, legs depending from said head and to which the rack is applied, and means for supporting the rack on said legs.

9. A support for the application of hoseracks to a valve, comprising a head having an aperture therein for receiving the nozzle of the valve, legs depending from said head and to which the rack is applied, shoulders formed upon said legs, and lugs formed at the extremities of said legs and providing a support for the rack on said legs,

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

Jos. W. BECK, ROBERT NUHnrNG. 

